Status of Women committee  I would just like to suggest that one research area that could be supported and needs more money is to get that qualitative research that will give some direction to larger research. It will give you information that you maybe haven't been able to get from that woman in rural Ontario or in downtown B.C.

Status of Women committee  May I just comment?

Status of Women committee  I think that when you go to a mandatory system, sometimes it gets everybody's backs up so much that they don't want to comply. So when we first thought about it in 2005, we thought that it would be a second step if the first stage hadn't worked; but clearly, we're at 2016, and it hasn't worked.

Status of Women committee  I think that would be very useful. It is one measure of compliance, because you are going to call for it. I have worked in a number of countries where we decided that reports had to come to the deputy minister or the permanent secretary, but the permanent secretary and the deputy minister had very little desire to receive these reports, so the reports didn't go very far.

Status of Women committee  So, those are three things. That's it.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much I apologize also because, clearly, we didn't do a very good job, because look at where we are today. I was very delighted to be asked to be here because, of course, it's a subject dear to my heart, and I have to reiterate some of what we discussed in that accountability report that we did.